apprehension

Etymology
Borrowed from, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

Noun

 * 1)  The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
 * 2) * 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905:
 * The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.
 * 1)  The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
 * 2) Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
 * 3) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
 * 4) The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
 * 5) Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
 * 1) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
 * 2) The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
 * 3) Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
 * 1) Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
 * 1) Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

Usage notes

 * Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is less agitated and more persistent; alarm is more agitated and transient.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:apprehension
 * See also Thesaurus:apprehension
 * See also Thesaurus:apprehension

Translations

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 * German:, Ergreifen, Fassen, Anfassen, Nehmen
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 * Belarusian: затрыма́нне, а́рышт
 * Bulgarian: задъ́ржане,
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 * Slovak: zatknutie
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 * Tagalog: pag-aresto
 * Ukrainian: затри́мання, заде́ржання,


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 * Serbo-Croatian: poimanje, shvaćanje


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 * Plautdietsch: Sorj
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 * Tagalog: nganingani